Management Directive 715 (MD-715)
MD 715, which reflects recent and significant changes in the law, including recent
Supreme Court decisions, supersedes earlier EEOC management directives and related
interpretative memoranda on this subject and provides new guidance on the elements
of legally compliant Title VII (of the Civil Rights Act) and Rehabilitation Act
programs.
This directive requires agencies to take appropriate steps to ensure that all employment
decisions are free from discrimination. It also sets forth the standards by which
EEOC will review the sufficiency of agency Title VII and Rehabilitation Act programs,
which include periodic agency self-assessments and the removal of barriers to free
and open workplace competition.
ODI has compiled a list of resources aimed at assisting EEO and diversity professionals
in preparing this new directive.
Program Related Links:
Workforce Analysis Presentations:
Related GAO Reports:
- GAO-06-214:Equal Employment Opportunity: Improved Coordination Needed
between EEOC and OPM in Leading Federal Workplace EEO
- GAO-05-90:Diversity Management: Expert-Identified Leading Practices and Agency
Examples
- GAO-05-195: Equal Employment Opportunity: The Policy Framework in the Federal
Workplace and the Roles of EEOC and OPM
- GAO-03-34:Senior Executive Service: Enhanced Agency Efforts Needed to Improve
Diversity as the Senior Corps Turns Over
- GAO-02-665R: Sexual-Orientation-Based Employment Discrimination: State and Federal
Status
- GGD-93-45R: Monetary Payments in Federal EEO Cases
- GAO-06-832: The Federal Workforce
- Additional Insights Could Enhance Agency Efforts Related to Hispanic Representation
